Mobilising the diaspora : how refugees challenge authoritarianism / Alexander Betts, Will Jones.
Betts, Alexander, 1980-| Call Number | 304.8096 |
| Author | Betts, Alexander, 1980- author. |
| Title | Mobilising the diaspora : how refugees challenge authoritarianism / Alexander Betts, Will Jones. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2017). |
| Contents | The politics of animation -- The birth of the Zimbabwean diaspora -- Briefcase activists: death, afterlife, and performativity -- Heroic humanitarians: a neglected contribution -- Opposing the RPF from abroad -- Constructing the statist diaspora -- Hijacked humanitarians: the campaign against cessation. |
| Summary | Over half the world lives under authoritarian regimes. For these people, the opportunity to engage in politics moves outside the state's territory. Mobilising across borders, diasporas emerge to challenge such governments. This book offers an in-depth examination of the internal politics of transnational mobilisation. Studying Rwandan and Zimbabwean exiles, it exposes the power, interests, and unexpected agendas behind mobilisation, revealing the surprising and ambivalent role played by outsiders. Far from being passive victims waiting for humanitarian assistance, refugees engage actively in political struggle. From Rwandans resisting their repatriation, to Zimbabweans preventing arms shipments, political exiles have diverse aims and tactics. Conversely, the governments they face also deploy a range of transnational strategies, and those that purport to help them often do so with hidden agendas. This shifting political landscape reveals the centrality of transnationalism within global politics, the historical and political contingency of diasporas, and the precarious agency of refugees. |
| Added Author | Jones, Will, 1986- author. |
| Subject | African diaspora Political aspects. Exiles Political activity. Refugees Political activity. Transnationalism Political aspects Zimbabwe. Transnationalism Political aspects Rwanda. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION. Authoritarianism Zimbabwe. Authoritarianism Rwanda. |
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| Summary | Over half the world lives under authoritarian regimes. For these people, the opportunity to engage in politics moves outside the state's territory. Mobilising across borders, diasporas emerge to challenge such governments. This book offers an in-depth examination of the internal politics of transnational mobilisation. Studying Rwandan and Zimbabwean exiles, it exposes the power, interests, and unexpected agendas behind mobilisation, revealing the surprising and ambivalent role played by outsiders. Far from being passive victims waiting for humanitarian assistance, refugees engage actively in political struggle. From Rwandans resisting their repatriation, to Zimbabweans preventing arms shipments, political exiles have diverse aims and tactics. Conversely, the governments they face also deploy a range of transnational strategies, and those that purport to help them often do so with hidden agendas. This shifting political landscape reveals the centrality of transnationalism within global politics, the historical and political contingency of diasporas, and the precarious agency of refugees. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2017). |
| Contents | The politics of animation -- The birth of the Zimbabwean diaspora -- Briefcase activists: death, afterlife, and performativity -- Heroic humanitarians: a neglected contribution -- Opposing the RPF from abroad -- Constructing the statist diaspora -- Hijacked humanitarians: the campaign against cessation. |
| Subject | African diaspora Political aspects. Exiles Political activity. Refugees Political activity. Transnationalism Political aspects Zimbabwe. Transnationalism Political aspects Rwanda. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION. Authoritarianism Zimbabwe. Authoritarianism Rwanda. |
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